BAT to EXE

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spacemonkey
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BAT to EXE

#1 Post by spacemonkey »

Just found this nice (free obviously) little batch file to exe file converter.

Really simple GUI (and very basic).

Did a test with regshot which only found 3 minimal unavoidable modifications (prefetch, MRU & RNG).

Blurb from the site:
Bat To Exe Converter

Bat To Exe-Converter converts your batch-script files to exe files.

Features and differences to usual batch files

# Ghost applications
# Additional binaries, icons, version informations
# Hidden source
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Web site http://www.f2ko.de/English/index.php
Download http://www.f2ko.de/English/b2e/download.php

n.b. In the help file it states that some AV have I.D'd it as a virus and this is a false positive. I've checked it with AVG, AVAST and Clamwin all with the latest updates to find its clean. Test it yourself though I guess but I'm happy :D

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#2 Post by Local »

This is a very handy tool (for me) It has been mentioned on the board before
and a possible explanation for the false positive can be found there.

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#3 Post by spacemonkey »

NUTS!! Clearly didn't search well enough before posting. Ah well. I do agree with you Local, it is a very handy tool.

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#4 Post by Local »

It was worth an extra mention anyway :)
The only reason I remember it was here is because 99.5% of the time if I have it it was from here.

I've been making really lightweight launchers for simple apps with this.
It's become pretty essential lately for me.

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#5 Post by pplknownothin »

i personally like Quick Batch File Compiler alot better.
http://www.battoexe.com/
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while it's not *free* and not portable it is the best one out there.

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#6 Post by spacemonkey »

Yep, agreed... but as you said "not *free* and not portable". Which is why I posted Bat 2 Exe ;)

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#7 Post by m^(2) »

One comment about such pseudocompilers:
In some cases executables they create don't work like batches would.
How do they work? They add the script into executable stub, at runtime extract it to temp and call command prompt to run it.
The problem are %~dpnx0 (with any combination of these letters) variables.
They point at the script file. After compilation they should point at the .exe, but instead - you got some randomly named file in temp. :roll:
Better remember about it...

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